noun
recursive acronym
Technical term in computing and linguistics for an acronym that refers to itself in its own expansion, such as GNU (GNU's Not Unix).
GNUは「GNU's Not Unix」の再帰的頭字語です。
GNU is a recursive acronym for 'GNU's Not Unix'.
頭字語 is a general acronym, while 再帰的頭字語 specifically refers to a recursive acronym.
Compound of 再帰的 (recursive) + 頭字語 (acronym). A direct translation of the English term 'recursive acronym'.